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Launch of Mining Data Provokes Warnings and Protest
Tuesday, 22 May 2012, 3:39 pm | Forest And Bird
Today a united front of Maori and conservationists expressed warnings and concern that the release of minerals data tomorrow by the Government and Northern Councils will open a Pandora’s Box of problems which once unleashed, cannot be put back. More >>
Forest & Bird welcomes victory for Mokihinui River
Tuesday, 22 May 2012, 10:17 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird welcomes Meridian Energy’s announcement that it will abandon its plan to dam the West Coast’s wild and scenic Mokihinui River. “This is a great victory for conservation, and a courageous decision by Meridian,” Forest ... More >>
Forum report important step towards better water
Friday, 18 May 2012, 12:16 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird today welcomed the government’s release of a report from the Land and Water Forum setting national bottom lines for water quality, saying it laid down a clear plan for reversing the relentless decline in New Zealand’s water quality. More >>
Forest & Bird appeals climate change ruling
Thursday, 17 May 2012, 10:52 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird has today announced it will appeal the Environment Court’s recent decision that stops the effects on climate change from being considered under the Resource Management Act (RMA). More >>
EEZ Bill bad news for both industry and the environment
Wednesday, 16 May 2012, 10:20 am | Forest And Bird
The Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf Bill, reported back from select committee yesterday with only slight change, fails to protect New Zealand’s marine environment and ignores our international legal obligations, Forest & Bird said ... More >>
Songbirds released into the Waitakeres
Thursday, 10 May 2012, 12:16 pm | Forest And Bird
Around 70 whiteheads (popokatea) were released today into the Ark in the Park open sanctuary in the Waitakere Ranges. The tiny native birds became extinct in Auckland and Northland in the early 1900s, but several reintroductions from Tiritiri Matangi ... More >>
Court decision ignores serious threats of climate change
Wednesday, 2 May 2012, 11:25 am | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird is disappointed at the Environment Court decision to rule out considering the effects of mining coal on climate change. More >>
Maui’s Death the Tragic Price of Inaction
Sunday, 29 April 2012, 2:32 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird said today the reported death of another Maui’s dolphin on the Taranaki coast underlines the tragic failure of the government to act fast enough to ensure the world’s rarest dolphin is saved from extinction. More >>
Mine Toxins Could Threaten Local Economy and Kaimoana
Friday, 20 April 2012, 2:18 pm | Forest And Bird
Mine Toxins Could Threaten Local Economy and Kaimoana Friday 20 April 2012, Kaipatiki: As protests loom over mineral and other asset sales, the threat of long term pollution in Northland underpin concerns about mining being pushed into the region. “Dams ... More >>
Forest & Bird congratulates PM on Denniston decision
Thursday, 22 March 2012, 12:48 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird today congratulated the Prime Minister for publicly confirming that New Zealanders will get a say in the access approval by the Department of Conservation for Bathurst Resources to build an open-cast coal mine on the Denniston Plateau. More >>
Bathurst Resources Office Opening – Not Our Brighter Future
Wednesday, 21 March 2012, 11:27 am | Forest And Bird
21 March 2012 – Wellington Media release for immediate use from Forest & Bird, Greenpeace New Zealand, Coal Action Network Aotearoa, 350 Aotearoa, Generation Zero, ECO (Environment and Conservation Organisations of Aotearoa New Zealand), WWF-New ... More >>
Minister must act now to save Maui’s dolphins
Wednesday, 14 March 2012, 3:06 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird said today the latest Department of Conservation figures showing the number of Maui’s dolphins have halved to 55 in the last seven years require the government to act immediately to save the species from extinction. More >>
Overseas mining promotion threatens Northland
Friday, 2 March 2012, 10:34 am | Forest And Bird
Overseas mining promotion threatens Northland’s natural treasures Forest & Bird said Friday that plans by the government and the Far North mayor to promote major mining opportunities in Northland at the world’s largest mining trade show ... More >>
Survey to help reverse kereru decline
Tuesday, 28 February 2012, 9:52 am | Forest And Bird
28 February 2012 - Wellington Forest & Bird media release for immediate use Survey to help reverse kereru decline _____________________________________________ Forest & Bird’s nationwide kereru count last week has provided valuable information ... More >>
West Coast’s Denniston Plateau under microscope
Monday, 27 February 2012, 11:54 am | Forest And Bird
Conservation organisation Forest & Bird is shining a scientific spotlight on the West Coast’s Denniston Plateau on March 2-4 with a BioBlitz to search for new types of plants and animals there, as part of its proposal for a new Denniston Reserve. More >>
Forest & Bird launches nationwide kereru count
Sunday, 19 February 2012, 3:11 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird today launches a nationwide survey of kereru. The inaugural Kereru Count allows the public to contribute to the national scientific study by recording sightings of kereru (New Zealand wood pigeon) from February 19 to 27 on www.kererucountorg.nz ... More >>
Forest & Bird concerned at gaps in seafood industry report
Tuesday, 14 February 2012, 10:32 pm | Forest And Bird
Tuesday 14 February 2012 Forest & Bird media release for immediate use Forest & Bird concerned at gaps in seafood industry report Forest & Bird has serious concerns about the quality and integrity of the Seafood Industry Council's latest ... More >>
Forest & Bird launches updated Best Fish Guide
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 4:58 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird today launched the latest edition of its Best Fish Guide to help New Zealanders choose seafood that is sustainably fished and to ensure we can always put fresh fish on our tables. More >>
Maui’s dolphin death avoidable
Wednesday, 1 February 2012, 12:48 pm | Forest And Bird
Forest & Bird said Wednesday the avoidable death of a Maui’s dolphin in a fishing net was shocking and had brought the world’s rarest marine dolphin another step closer to extinction. More >>
Rena clean up focus on wildlife needed
Tuesday, 17 January 2012, 11:03 am | Forest And Bird
No effort should be spared to clean up the oil and debris from the Rena as the toll on wildlife continues to rise, Forest & Bird said Tuesday. More >>
